AmCham Members Meet with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State S. Paul Kapur

AmCham Kazakhstan member-company executives met with S. Paul Kapur, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, for an exchange on Kazakhstan’s investment climate and the experience of international companies operating in the country.

The meeting also provided an opportunity for AmCham members to meet Peter Kaufman, the new U.S. Consul General in Almaty, and continue strengthening dialogue between the U.S. Mission and the American business community in Kazakhstan.

The discussion brought together:

• Jeff Erlich, Executive Director, AmCham Kazakhstan
• Andrew Glass, Commercial Chief, U.S. Mission Kazakhstan
• Artur Nigmatyanov, President Central Asia, Honeywell
• Gumyrbek Sandibekov, General Director, Microsoft Kazakhstan
• Gulzhan Rustemova, Country Director Kazakhstan
• Aidyn Abjanbekov, Telecom Executive
• Dmitry Kozenkov, CauCAR Director, Pfizer
• Sergey Stefanov, Commercial Director CIS & Turkey
• Batyrzhan Serik, Borusan Cat Kazakhstan
• Konstantin Larionov, Sales Manager EMEA, Furukawa Electric

Thank you to all participants for the open exchange and to Microsoft for hosting the meeting at its Almaty office.